Cycled through South Minneapolis with a friend on a route loosely themed around racial justice, stopping here at the former home of Harry Davis, Sr. He was a civil rights advocate in a racially divided Minneapolis from the 1940s and throughout the turmoil of the 1960s, and in 1971 became the city’s first Black mayoral candidate. The city is applying to have this house added to the National Register of Historic Places.
I remember Harry Davis and his brother, Syl, Davis. They conducted a lot of civil rights meetings at The Way Community Center. Harry was also involved in Antioch University’s external degree program in Minneapolis.
I remember Harry Davis and his brother, Syl, Davis. They conducted a lot of civil rights meetings at The Way Community Center. This was in the late ’60s. Harry was also involved in Antioch University’s external degree program in Minneapolis\ in the early ’70s..
Thanks for your story. I’m so glad people who have done so much good for the community are not forgotten.